Japan won't wear bluefin tuna ban

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Japan won't wear bluefin tuna ban
AP
Last updated 00:00 06/03/2010

Japan will not comply if a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna is imposed, a senior official said after the United States threw its support behind the move ahead of a crucial vote on banning exports of the fish that's prized in Japan for sushi.

"If worse comes to worst, Japan will inevitably have to lodge its reservations," Vice Fishery Minister Masahiko Yamada said.

His comments came a day after the United States threw its support behind the ban on the international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, which conservationists say risks extinction if current catch rates continue.

Washington showed its support ahead of a March 13-25 meeting in Qatar, where 175 member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, will vote on the ban proposed by Monaco. A ban would require support by two-thirds of member nations.

Bluefin tuna stocks in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean dropped by 60 percent between 1997 and 2007, a result of surging demand as well as illegal and underreported catches.



Read more: http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/3411353/Japan-won-t-wear-bluefin-tuna-ban

[ro1942]

1. This country is incredibly greedy and self-ish

no respect for the planet

[Nihil]

2. Well, there's a surprise ...

... oh, my bad, it was totally expected ...
:grr:

[DainBramaged]

3. Let's see, they hunt whales (check) they refuse to admit wrong doing regarding Toyota recall (check)

and they refuse to stop hunting a rapidly declining species.

Japan, they only give a shit about their excessive consumption.

[clixtox]

13. Excessive consumption? What about the USA?

To assuage our greed for the Earth's dwindling resources the USA, you and me, are slaughtering PEOPLE. Children, women, men, old people and innocents around the world have died for our sins , and have been for generations.

Of course people are in no danger of being wiped out like certain other species incrementally.

Perhaps the Earth's human population will be wiped out all at once though by the obviously useless atomic/nuclear munitions developed with our ridiculously wasteful and unaffordable military expenditures.

We, you and me, are the greedy fucks in this world, it's impossible to see where we have any credibility when chastising others for their greed or for attempting to maintain their traditional diet.

Many bamboozled "Americans" can't comprehend just how horrible our country behaves, or how the USA is perceived elsewhere as the world's most dangerous terrorist organization.

How about you?

Does reading this make you angry?

It should, and not towards me!

Think...

[on point]

4. Ban 'Landing' Caught fish

If all the Nations adjoining the Atlantic and Mediterranean outlaw bringing the fish to land for processing and export (landing), then the fish will either have to
1. stay on board the ships frozen until they reach japan
2. Provide local aircraft carriers to off load the catch

Either option should be impractical and amount to a fishing ban for Japan

[petronius]

16. True, but the article points out that Greece, Malta, Spain, and Italy are

resisting the ban, not to mention the likelihood that Japan could find some partners in North Africa...

[ensho]

5. maybe the Japan govt. is running scared over the food issue

forever it seems the Japanese have eaten a high amount of seafood and are at a loss of how to replace that loss of said seafood.

they are going through withdrawal.

[DainBramaged]

6. Maybe they are afraid of a tuna recall.

[panzerfaust]

12. Interestingly, Toyotas have not been recalled in Japan

(for the most part) as they are such an industry-friendly nation.

Millions of Toyotas Recalled, None in Japan

... As shaken as she was by the accident, Mrs. Sakai says she was even more surprised by what happened after. She says that Toyota — from her dealer to headquarters — has not responded to her inquiries, and Japanese authorities have been indifferent to her concerns as a consumer.

Mrs. Sakai says the Tokyo Metropolitan Police urged her to sign a statement saying that she pressed the accelerator by mistake — something she strongly denies. She says the police told her she could have her damaged car back to get it repaired if she made that admission. She declined...

...veterans of Japan’s moribund consumer rights movement say that Mrs. Sakai, like many Japanese, is the victim of a Japanese establishment that values Japanese business over Japanese consumers, and the lack of consumer protections here.

“In Japan, there is a phrase: if something smells, put a lid on it,” said Shunkichi Takayama, a Tokyo-based lawyer who has handled complaints related to Toyota vehicles ... NYT

[DainBramaged]

15. Thanks for the link....

[flvegan]

7. Sea Shepherd will be happy to try and ruin their day. Again.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society will not be getting much rest after the Japanese whaling season ends following Operation Waltzing Matilda.

Both Sea Shepherd ships, the Steve Irwin and the Bob Barker, will head for the Mediterranean from the Southern Ocean. The objective will be to intercept and oppose the illegal operations of Bluefin tuna poachers.

“We need to bring to the attention of the international public that one of the most unique fish species in the world, the Bluefin tuna, is on the brink of extinction due to the illegal fisheries driven by Japan’s insatiable demand for this expensive fish,” says Sea Shepherd Founder and President Captain Paul Watson.

This is a crucial year in the battle to save the Bluefin tuna.

Sea Shepherd intends to confront the poachers and will not back down to threats and violence from the fishermen. Our campaigns in the Southern Ocean against Japanese whalers for the last six years has given us the experience and the resolve to tackle the violence of poachers anywhere in the world.

http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-100122-1.html

[ZombieHorde]

8. Tuna are nutritious and delicious. nt

[No Elephants]

9. What does"wear" a ban mean?

[panzerfaust]

11. Idiom meaning "accept and conform with"

[panzerfaust]

10. Or whaling ban either - guess Japan will now be doing "Blue Fin Research"

[yorgatron]

14. mercury poisoning will soon destroy their brains.

the tuna will have their revenge.